- Billionaires Mark Cuban and Elon Musk have been in a bitter on-line feud.
- In a latest slight, Cuban stated that he prefers his Kia EV6 over his Tesla Mannequin X Plaid.
- He informed Enterprise Insider that he feels the automobile will get longer vary and is “a neater drive.”
The very on-line and bitter feud between Mark Cuban and Elon Musk continues.
For a number of weeks, the billionaires have been taking photographs at one another on social media after a debate on variety, fairness, and inclusion initiatives devolved into petty name-calling — largely, if not solely, from Musk.
Musk has to date referred to as Cuban a “racist,” “liar,” “marionette,” and “unbearable software,” amongst different descriptions.
On Friday night, Cuban took a extra refined jab at Musk. This time at one among Musk’s infants, Tesla, and on Threads, no much less.
After a Threads consumer goaded Cuban to “stick it to Elon” by posting a photograph of himself in a Rivian, an EV competitor, Cuban responded that he owns a Tesla and a Kia.
However he stated he prefers the latter.
“Truly I personal a Tesla Plaid and a Kia EV,” he wrote. “I drive the Kia nearly solely.”
Cuban informed Enterprise Insider in an electronic mail that his Kia EV6 gives a greater driving expertise than his Mannequin X Plaid.
“Longer vary. Extra correct miles remaining. Miles not as impacted by the chilly. Larger off the bottom,” he wrote. “Tesla has extra complete software program, however the Kia is a neater drive.”
That is a reasonably daring place, contemplating Tesla advertises that the 2024 Plaid X mannequin, which presents higher specs, will get as much as 326 miles between expenses. The Kia EV6 is claimed to stand up to 310 miles.
Nonetheless, efficiency impacts on EVs in chilly climate are actual points, and never all electrical automobiles are constructed equally.
Recurrent, a used-EV analysis agency, discovered that the 2022 Kia EV6 maintained 93% of its EPA vary whereas working at 32 levels Fahrenheit, whereas the Tesla Mannequin X’s “noticed vary at 32F” was 48% of its unique EPA vary.
A spokesperson for Tesla didn’t reply to a request for remark exterior working hours.
To be clear, these are simply the ideas of 1 driver, however BI additionally most well-liked the Kia EV6 over the Tesla Mannequin Y in 2022.
Cuban additionally wasn’t 100% positive if his Tesla was a Mannequin S or X. The billionaire has a fairly intensive automobile assortment. (He stated “I feel so” when requested if he has a Mannequin X Plaid.)
Exhausting to say how Musk feels about this jab. He did not reply to a request for remark. However Kia appears to be happy.
“Kia agrees!” James Bell, head of company communications at Kia America, informed BI.
